The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1940 Page: 3 of 12
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' Letter Received Here From England
v Shows People Confident Of Victory
Tk*t utmoat confidence I* founded—d, I think there wee • period when
B—c the English people for the n wise man had to contemplate the
of the war be- poeiibility of defeat. That w— the
and Germany
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^ fhvorable yotcome
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lengthy letter frem
E. P. Klnln-
mth, manager of the Graham Ice
Cream Company.
The letter wap written by Arnold
A. 0. Whitehouee, a profoooor in
rhUihilr mi college at Chorchdown,
England. Hio wife la a niece of A. 8.
Ktahnaonth of Winfield, Kan., father
of t. P. Ktnlnmonth here, to whom
the letter wao forwarded.
The letter in part feBewe:
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favorable yuuuiai m UK w«« trm- ymmmm—y »> —— --—-
black period from the French collapee
tUl we had evacuated oar army and
prevented the dollvorey of the French
fleet to Hitler. But now It to very
different. There to hardly a road or
a country lane around hen without
Ha sign* of our readiness for any-
thing Hitler may try.
Gun-poete and road barton, mill
tary camps, anti-aircraft guns, bar-
rage balloon* and their erewe and
•o on—and we are 100 mile* from the
tnc irnsr m pan «ww»; c—at- We only hope he will try for
•1 have — a great many of your i thto wfll shorten the war. Of course,
letter* te your sister and 1 always things are not too pi—nt in —me
appreciate them very much. It i* ways.
these letters which led me to write \ “it to all right here la the day-
beeause K hag ben obvious for seme time—very right, for the clatter of
time what anxiety you wer* feeling oar training aircraft seldom "tops,
about y—r old country and about — and oft— is deafening and seema to
all. I grow week by week. But ot night
"I w— particularly touched by e German aircraft wander about most
rrrt»"'-« m which you —Id you would „f the night, very high up. However, ,—
rather die than live to s— England aw have he—me quite accustomed to him either,
defeated. 1 felt then I ought to write keeping on mattresses on the ground ... .
and ten you of the complete certainty | floor and sometime* Bleep throne*
in this country that we should not be our A-A gunfire and the crash of
daf—ted. The po—Utility of such * ^ell-bursts and even the boom of the
thing Just doe—’t oeeur to any—e
over here.
a break ia national unity that,
i cannot state our pea— aima. .
- am America to Help |
•Why cannot you render us that i
help, toot America, the first boa—
of the liberty of Urn individual, ha* n
el—r right to extend thou Ida— so
— to embrace all countries Imbued1
with democratic faith and the love of i
liberty. I wish your statesmen would 1
take thto up. Tour Monroe Doctrine
stands a bit in the way, but we are
for nearer to yen than —y, Bbenoe
Ah—, nearer In race and language.
The 1—g unfortified Canadian boun-
dary to a tangible proof of our com-
plete mutual confidence. Can’t your
Hour— Doctrine be widened e bit to
include the Western deesoeracies from
which you draw ywur peoples and
many of your IdeasT
“Tour sister to a perfect marvel.
She seams quite unperturbed about
herself, though naturally anxious
about ua She sleeps through bombs
and gunfire and go— for daily walks
and I believe to only afraid lest she
might not live long enough to e—
Hitler’s —d. But I hope and believe
she win. She could not come to —
thto year. Roger could not get
enough petrol. So we have not seen
Smith Dry Goods Co.
.......r Graham, Texas
YOU WILL FIND MANY ITEMS NOT ADVERTISED AT VERY SPECIAL
PRICES — YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO COME IN AND LOOK AROUND
“We have be— rather shocked at
the failure of our authorities to re-
am—re the U.S.A. — this point.
Again and again I have —id to Mar
Jory, ‘Lots of neutral countries think
wa may be defeated and that to why
they give in to the axis.’ It has tak-
as a long time to f—11— that in this
country. Of course, we left off giv-
ing the slights— credence to toe
statements of Germ— origin ah—t
their sain inn bo—use long ago,
fram toe first day of toe war wh-
that American ship was —nk, we
Fssll-Faehienod
SILK HOSE
Perfect quality sheer
Hot* in the newest
Fall shades — They
are regular —
6r TO 79c
Values
Friday And
Saturday Only—
more distant bomb*
Grateful for Destray era
“It certainly is not nice when they
are near enough to hear them com-
ing. Our worst night brought 1*
, into our village and you certainly
do not sleep through the near ooast
But It looks as if we may have to
get used to them, too, before we end
such thing* forever. That to **"*
the U.S.A. wfll —me------ -
fa] to f—1 to# vast help you era gjv
tog us—sympathy end solid ai*-
thaae 80 dsatroyers for instance
which should be n tremendous h*Jp.
and. I hope, ever-ineraasing aero-
“It was also impossible to have our
onsl rammer holiday with present
conditions so I have not seen my
mother, and brother and sister for
Just a year. We have in consequence
had perfect holiday weather! For
example, today has be— glorious.;
Cloudless blue sky and intense sun.
Hen—, the tehibble for I have writ-
ten this in deck-chair combining a
sun-bath, having abandon— my pre-
vious job of digging potatoes till R
gets cooler.”
a ta< • clavea bar-
mio High School
the playlet «n -
ris, Mr. la«M-
an; Mildred ChtoTF-
rd; Billy BMr. Wm
We
r^^^^jSteers Prepare For
Game Here Friday
With Childress
_ ___ an they publish planes. But dont step at to# —tria-
ls "intended to ear— a purpose and t)c. when it comes - you did to WS.
of-en. ttls '“tXEg the agg—ion of toeir
tohiy Wring W^b^toaj-A-ta ^ ^nrmrtto W.
so pre-oocupisd and tDlW
there was plenty of that intern
rig month, of the war. In- are
d families eg Henry
-4 Days Only
SNODDYS
FRIDAY-SATURDAY -NOND AY-TDESDAY
Ladies’ Sweaters] .Boy^b
The Graham Steers this week are
preparing for their game Friday
night here
many as
the S-AA amnev. (
Posersing the only perfect see—n s
record In the district, the Bobcats will
make the 1—gent trip In the district
to Graham Friday night to meet a
t—m which h— g—«—•*» «•
respect of Its opponents sin- its de-
feat of the Vernon Lions, 7-0, here
lari Friday.
Although the Childress team last
easily defeated the Electra
36 INCH “LL” MEDIUM WEIGHT
Brown
Domestic
IDEAL FOR UNINGS
WHILE IT LASTS
Sc
YARD
SUPERB
DRESS PRINTS
Our finest quality 60
prints in a
selection o f
New Patterns. . 36-
Inches wide. All fast
Colore. Regular price
is 19c. Friday and
Stastrday Only—
IS
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BOYS PANTS
Well-Made from sturdy Sanforised fab-
rics—They are nice looking and will
wear well. Regular $1.49 Values—
S7c
. for their fame mamj.
ire with Cblldi—s, rated by J^gyold Phillips Is !OlUrtPrf)>)rlc
rrsr - M*d« F«t officer Jf^e™ack uut>
■ British Air Service |HeaTS Report Un
Childress Team
H. C. (Harold! PhllHpe, whose
home is In Graham and who has for
several years been prominent — an
aviator has been made a First Offi-
cer. A.T.A.. British Overseas Air-
ways.
About thrae months ago he Hew
Lionel Cornish, Two
Jermyn Boys Enlist
Lionel R .Cornish of Graham aad
J— Numteley and William Nunnslsy
of Jermyn enlisted at the local —-
eruiting office this week and Tasa-
Th. Graham Quarterback Club in d*y efternoon lleft forWlchRa VsBs
a meeting TueWy night heard a Z . T"L «—«*-
report of toe Child— team (which «"■ before be,ng sent to to. srmj.
i____ rv,j._v l_ w—im— dAm uWHftD» Non ot Mr. Rnd Mn. Ml
heard a financial report f to. C*”’Uh' ™ “H*
the Ordnance department, a
t—m. 82-0 ^thelr showing was not — 'acre— toe Atlantic the first j"jtwo n .thletic funds by O. B. __ . -
W^ivl’ - in earlier games. (flying mSh-ry plane, from Canria! ,nd dlscuwd *. g.m, Friday ** rnsnA of ihe smjHer
imprassrre a defeat-1 to England, making a minimum at . . ,be sent to Fort Sara Houston.
. • ___a. LaaAminff PK lUinq FSVP thotlSRTUf
and will
were on
way to becoming Phillips gave thousands a thrill at
IBS Ladied
I Sweaters, choice
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Colors. Yard
Boyd Leatherette
JACKETS
Boys’ Helmets
25c
Boyd Leatherette
HELMETS
%49c Bottles Hinds Honey
And Almond JQC
LOTION .......... ‘tO
2-aOc Tubas Colgate
TOOTH PASTE ....
...______ Ladies’ Hose
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district champions. In 1988 the Bob-
cats won bv a bare one-point score
ever the Steers.
The Steers entered district 2-AA
in 1986 and won two games that year,
defeating Electra and Olney. In 1937,
the North Central District fair in
Graham two years ago when he flew
a plane through a frame house
the fair grounds and esme
onlv slight in Juries.
When offered the work of flying
victories only to come back in 1940
victory-in their tot confer-,
•nee fame.
In other district games (Friday
Wichi'a Falls goes to Vernon, Quan-
ah plays at, Electra, Burkbumett
plays at Olney.
In conference standings Graham,
jQuanah, Wichita Falls and Childress
lead, each with one game won out
'of one game Played. Electra ha. lost
i . a__i__a Ana Vprnnn nil i
>ss according to Rom, who' William and Joe Nunneley wffl be
tTanTTasTw^ck hasY fart. »^rned to field artillery or hriaatoy
team laat w-k. ha^fmrt, Sam H(n]llton w Fort »,
powerful attack and can be expected
to be about as atron* competition as i. ,,0U>m.' - .. .
the Steer, will meet during to. year.!
»o- presented a detailed report of ^
001 ^ receipts and expenditure, for foot- £p‘rtm*nt; “T^1 .
ban. emphasising tost, though the ^ T*
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S?ttq!L.on Japgu plantation# ^ compwrtee. .......— ^TStetmto and able to
_______- It WS. announced that . p^ rally * snd able to
will be held Thursday night on the
court house square in which the stu-
dent body and townspeople are In-
d'S« -«fc »• mm Otay—w.a.fc
I . . . —____r.cV in 1940 he was using: an airplane .to dust w
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two, Olney has lost one, Vernon has in England,
lest one. Burkbumett has lost one
and won one.
Tonk Valley H. D.
Club Meets Oct. 11
A meeting of the Tonk Valley 4 H
Club was held October 11 with Ber-
nice George, president, presiding.
Following the club prayer and
pledge repeated in unison by the
group, the recreation period compos-
ed of games and songs w*s enjoyed.
'Ths "Do I Deserve A Club PtnV’
sheets wer* checked, the re« ult# being
a tots! of 680 points in clothing and
790 points in poultry.
Answering the roll call were Bsr-
niee George, Alice Reedy, Mary Uu
Rodden. Ina Dell Brown, Imogene
Hill, Frankie Jobe, Mr*.
Choate and Dorthy Ragland.
Mn. Lois Martin of Wichita Fhlla
Halted relatives here Sunday.
Mis* Peggy Neihle* of Marshall,
a student at the Hoekaday School tn
Dallas, wa# a week end visitor in
Mrs. Phillies live* at 804 South
street in Graham.
In a letter received from him by
T. L. Maples this weMc and dated
September 30th. Phillips, described
briefly hie expertenq— in his work
of shuttling bndrand forth across
the Atlantic ' and experiences while
It gave his address as
fair mental and physical examina-
tion are eligible to enlist.
Effective today (Registratiou Day)
dent body and town^pw are m m,n wi„ ^ .,i(ribu to
vited to participate. Dr. S. C Gutk- hav,
Grand Spa Hotel, Bristol, England,
but was written from Chester, Eng-
land, and was h» part as follows:
Sept. 30, 1940, Chester, England.
Df«r T. L.:
tr[ am fruiting to luck tbi» remche*
you.
TttlCB *r« • ***** ®ti the warmer
quid like to tell you all
rie will conduct the rally, at the re-
quest of the student body.
The game with Childress will he
known as “Fathers’ Night" and each
boy on the team will have his father
or brother sit on s bench oo to# field
with the boy’s number oiv hlt back.
j the army who does not have his card
showing that he has registered.
EMPLOYED
Miss Marjorie Lay.
CW, spent the week end with her ]
enta. Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Lay.
^Mr. and Mrs. Jake Schlittlnr have
had as fucsts their son, Herbert, and
family of Oil Center. New Mexico.
Monroe Poller of Henry Chapel is Snd Mrs. ScMittier’s sister, Mrs. T.
(now in Los Angeles, California, where H. Payne of Brownfield.
he is employed in an airplane factory. ~ _
__| Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Cochran viait-
John Hartsfield and Joey Danoff ed their daughter, Joyce, in
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side here. Iw«„
about it but I am not allowed to. --------------- _
ifsct Jerry ia Overhead now; it’s'of Gallup, New Mexico, students at Sunday.
11 p. m.—he’s here every nlte. The John T.rlfton Agricultural College i n-niels were
‘ were week end guests in the home of HI. Woolley and Lloyd Pamela were
Mr. snd Mrs. T. W. BraseRon. Wichita Pall# visitors Sunday.__
^Mra. Oraa
Bebe, attrnded
Repass and daughter,
Hfc FoeOall Urns' »
motors nurse me to sleep; the bombs
—well, you know.
“You should fee the funeral home*
over here, 1910 models. The hearses
like I’ve seen pictures of the
first thus a company manufactured
one. A sign on a funeral home I saw
yesterday read "Funeral, to serve |
romnlete with high class coffins.
I tried to buy it as I wanted to tend
ft to vou. hot the owner was highly
insulted. I ...
"I exneet to fly across again vrith-
in a week. 1*11 wire you from Can-
ada before I leave so vou can erOM
vour fingers for a few hours for me;
however. If* pot as bad as I thought
j. tot of water though.
"Writ, a* long for toe tims being.
•fgtt eO Wk. _
-Harold.”
$600.00 Protection
Family Group of Six
Father Net Over *1-years oM .......... 1* 8Jc par end
Mother Not Over 31 year* old .......... 10 »4c per mouth
One Child Not over ll-years old .......... I 14c per mouth
Oaa Child not Over lfl year* old ........... * 14c p«r moan
One Ch'M not Over 7-year* old .......... • P**1 ""P”
On* Child Not Over t-year* old .......... « »4e p* ssouu
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Trout, H. I. The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1940, newspaper, October 17, 1940; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1063831/m1/3/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.